The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents Tuesday, June 12, granted post-professorial merit to 10 faculty members and promoted five faculty members to the rank of professor and 16 to the rank of associate professor with tenure. In addition, eight faculty members received non-tenure track merit.

The action came during a closed session meeting of the Board and was based on reviews by appropriate review bodies. All merit, promotion and tenure designations are effective with the 2018-2019 academic year.

Post-professorial merit is a voluntary additional step in the current merit process approved by the Board of Regents in October 2002. Under the bill, faculty become eligible to apply for post-professorial merit five years after attaining the rank of full professor and may repeat the process during the fifth year after any previous successful application. Successful applicants must meet the same criteria as required for promotion to professor and follow the same process of peer and administrative review.

Those approved for post-professorial merit in their designated department are as follows:

Allan Bornstein, Department of Biology

Kevin Hampton, Department of Music

Kenneth Heischmidt, Department of Management and Marketing

Tahsin Khalid, Department of Elementary, Early, and Special Education

Leisa Marshall, Department of Accounting

Kang Hoon Park, Department of Economics and Finance

John Scheibe, Department of Biology

Sophia Scott, Department of Polytechnic Studies

Anthony Varnon, Department of Accounting

William Weber, Department of Economics and Finance

In related action, the Board granted promotions to 21 faculty members during the same closed session meeting.

Faculty members promoted to the rank of professor in their designated department are:

Toni Alexander, Department of Modern Languages, Anthropology, and Geography